Rep. Charlie Crist has won Democratic primary in Florida, and will take on Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in the midterm polls in November.
Crist, House representative from Florida's 13th congressional district, defeated the state's agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried in the primary vote Tuesday.
Crist began his political career as a Republican, serving in the Florida Senate from 1993 to 1999, and joined the Democratic Party in 2012.
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